This year Original Free Will Baptists will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the formation of our Convention. As part of that celebration we need to be considering what the future holds if we hope to continue the progress that has been made during the last 100 years. What kind of leadership will be needed if our Convention and its constituent conferences and churches are to serve the generations that will come after us? All but one of the ministries of the Convention were formed during the past 100 years.

Let me first share with the reader some of my background that will help to explain why I wrote this article. I felt a call to the ministry when I was eighteen years old and was beginning my sophomore year in college.

(This is the eleventh in a series of articles published this year in recognition of the four hundredth anniversary of the beginning of the movement that was to become the Original Free Will Baptist Church.)

Eulogy presented at the funeral celebration.

June 26, 2011 was a special day for the Reverend Frank R.

This is the eighth in the series of articles on the history of OFWBs in recognition of the four hundredth anniversary of the founding of the first English General Baptist Church in 1611. There are two topics in this article which deal with early efforts to provide educational opportunity among Original Free Will Baptists—the Seminary at Ayden and Eureka College at Ayden.

Little Creek Church in Greene County is our oldest existing Free Will Baptist Church organized by Joseph Parker around 1756, the year that he purchased land at this location and decided to settle there. He had been a pastor for some years prior to that date, but we will not try to give you information about his ministry. Parker died and was buried around 1791 near Wheat Swamp Church in Lenoir County.

Introduction:

Introduction: This is the first in a series of 12 articles to be published in The Free Will Baptist during the year 2011, in recognition of the fact that this is the four-hundredth anniversary of the founding of the first Gen